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☆ Want a job in AI? 4 tips from hiring leaders at IBM, Nvidia, and AI startups on how to land one.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Companies are hiring for AI talent as they seek to cash in on the generative AI hype. Insider spoke to four hiring leaders to get their advice on how to land a job in AI. Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT last November, generative AI technology has taken the corporate world by storm. Here are 4 tips from hiring leaders on how to increase your chances of landing a job in AI. 2) Demonstrate your interest in AI during the interview — and be able to prove itIf you're lucky enough to land an interview, be prepared to talk about your interest in generative AI.

Persons: —, OpenAI, ChatGPT, it's, Lindsey Duran, Chris Foltz, Flavien Coronini, Coronini, Alex Shapiro, Jasper AI, Shapiro, they've, there's, Jasper, Duran, Foltz Organizations: Service, Venture, Netflix, Employers, IBM, Nvidia, Jasper Locations: Jasper

☆ Five Eyes intelligence chiefs warn on China's 'theft' of intellectual property
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Zeba Siddiqui | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The officials from the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - known as the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network - made the comments following meetings with private companies in the U.S. innovation hub Silicon Valley. From quantum technology and robotics to biotechnology and artificial intelligence, China was stealing secrets in various sectors, the officials said. In response, Chinese government spokesman Liu Pengyu said the country was committed to intellectual property protection. The U.S. has long accused China of intellectual property theft and the issue has been a key sore point in U.S.-China relations. "The Chinese government is engaged in the most sustained scaled and sophisticated theft of intellectual property and expertise in human history," said Mike Burgess, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation's director-general.

Persons: Christopher Wray, Jim Bourg, Wray, Liu Pengyu, Mike Burgess, Burgess, we've, Zeba Siddiqui, Jamie Freed Organizations: Committee, Federal Bureau of Investigation, REUTERS, Rights STANFORD, FBI, Reuters, The, Australian Security Intelligence, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, California, China, United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, U.S, Valley . U.S, Washington, The U.S, Australian, Stanford , California

The logo of Johnson & Johnson is seen on a Brussels' office of the company in Diegem, Belgium September 21, 2023. J&J raised its annual profit forecast, helped by strong sales from its pharmaceutical business, and shares of the U.S. healthcare conglomerate were off about 1%. Excluding its consumer health unit, J&J now expects 2023 adjusted profit of $10.07 to $10.13 per share, up from its previous view of $10.00 to $10.10. Sales at J&J's medical device unit came in at $7.46 billion, shy of Wall Street estimates of $7.58 billion. J&J finalized the biggest shake-up in its 137-year history in August with the spinoff, but retained a 9.5% stake in its iconic consumer health business.

Persons: Johnson, Yves Herman, J, Vamil Divan, Joseph Wolk, Ozempic, Wolk, Bhanvi Satija, Sriparna Roy, Patrick Wingrove, Shounak Dasgupta, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Johnson, REUTERS, Guggenheim Partners, Vamil, Reuters Graphics, J, Thomson, &' $, & $, & $ Locations: Brussels, Diegem, Belgium, Bengaluru, New York

Three of the 11 Crop Watch producers increased their corn yield expectations this week, the most notable coming in eastern Iowa. A 3.77 for average Crop Watch corn yield is still below what was expected in July and August, and it would land above the 2022 yield but below that of 2021. Producers in Indiana and western Iowa also increased their Crop Watch corn expectations this week based on results from other fields. Final Crop Watch soybean yield for 2023 is likely to end at 3.5, up from 3.48 a week earlier. Only five of the 22 Crop Watch fields have yet to be touched, all corn: Both Dakotas, western Iowa, Indiana and Ohio.

Persons: Karen Braun, Matthew Lewis Organizations: . Crop Watch, Crop Watch, Producers, Reuters, Thomson Locations: NAPERVILLE , Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, North Dakota, Kingsbury , South Dakota, Freeborn , Minnesota, Burt , Nebraska, Rice , Kansas, Audubon , Iowa, Cedar , Iowa, Warren , Illinois, Crawford , Illinois, Tippecanoe , Indiana, Fairfield , Ohio, The North Dakota, Griggs County, Stutsman County

The Oscars are enlisting a group of live television veterans to oversee its 96th show in March. Hamilton, meanwhile, has three Academy Award telecasts on his resume already, including the 82nd Oscars hosted by Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin and the 86th Oscars hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, in addition to 14 Super Bowl halftime shows and the London Olympics opening. The 96th Oscars are scheduled for Sunday, March 10, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. “Having worked with Raj, Katy and Hamish on many special and memorable projects over the years, we have full confidence in their vision for the 96th Oscars,” Walt Disney Television executive Rob Mills said. Like many awards shows, the Oscars have suffered decreased ratings in recent years, and not just because of the pandemic editions.

Persons: Raj Kapoor, Katy Mullan, Hamish Hamilton, Kapoor, “ Adele, ”, Mullan, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Kramer, Janet Yang, “, Raj, Katy, Hamish, Rob Mills, ” Mills, Lisa Love, Raúl Àvila, they’ve, Jimmy Kimmel, Will Smith, Chris Rock Organizations: London, Super, London Olympics, ”, Academy, Hollywood, Dolby Theatre, ” Walt Disney Television, Union Locations: Hamilton, Los Angeles

☆ Tech was supposed to take everyone's job. We're still working. What happened?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The ATM was supposed to wipe out bank tellers. And yet, here we are in 2023, with unemployment in the US at 3.8%, and an estimated 9.6 million jobs available. Tech typically creates more jobs overallSimply put, technology creates more jobs than it takes away. For example, there were fears that the advent of ATMs would put bank tellers out of work. And sure enough, a few years after the adoption of the ATM, there were fewer bank tellers per branch.

Persons: —, Morgan Stanley, David Autor, who's, Banks, James Bessen, Here's Morgan Stanley, Uber, Carl Benedikt Frey, Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson Organizations: Service, Tech, Microsoft, Microsoft Excel, National Association of Economic Research, London, Oxford Martin School Locations: London, Hollywood

☆ 5 podcast episodes on the essentials of longevity, healthy aging—from the effects of exercise and alcohol to genetics
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It seems like just about everyone wants to know how to live longer, healthier lives these days, especially as more 100-year-olds speak out about how happy and fulfilled they are. 'How to Improve Your Healthspan Using DNA Insights with Dr. Bartek Nogal' on Longevity by DesignListen here Longevity by Design aims to speak directly to people hoping to live longer, healthier lives. In a recent episode of the podcast, Gil Blander, recurring host with expertise on longevity, interviews Bartek Nogal, a scientist who researches genetics, about the links between genes and aging. "Knowing your genetic predispositions to certain traits can help you fine tune your wellness plan, and Dr. Nogal and Dr. Blander explain how to do so in this episode," a description of the episode explains. 'The Small Molecules of Longevity' on Human Longevity Podcast

Persons: Radiolab, It's, Gnanasambandan, Marc Wittmann, David Eagleman, Lewis Howes, David Sinclair, Casey Means, Howes, Peter Attia's, ZOE, Jonathan Wolf, Peter Attia, Wolf, Bartek, Gil Blander, Bartek Nogal, Nogal, Blander Organizations: Institute for Frontier, Mental Health, The, ZOE Science, Nutrition, Design Locations: Germany, Harvard

☆ Layoffs hit coding community Stack Overflow as software engineers increasingly shift to AI for help
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Coding community Stack Overflow announced on Monday that it's laying off 28% of its staff. Many generative AI models were partly trained on Stack Overflow's information. This is the second round of layoffs Stack Overflow has had this year — it laid off 10% of its workforce in May. Stack Overflow recently announced the new round of layoffs after more than doubling its headcount in 2022. "Some of them are very explicit about calling out Stack Overflow as a primary source," Chandrasekar previously told Insider.

Persons: Stack, —, GitHub, OpenAI's, Prashanth Chandrasekar, Chandrasekar Organizations: Service

During that week, money managers cut their net short in CBOT corn futures and options to 112,691 contracts from 159,433 a week earlier, marking their biggest round of net buying since late July. Managed money net position in CBOT corn futures and optionsDecember corn futures had reached their U.S. harvest lows by mid-September in 2016, 2018 and 2019, and so far, the harvest low for December 2023 corn sits on Sept. 19 at $4.67-3/4 per bushel. Money managers have not held a bearish soy view since April 2020 but have come close a couple times. Managed money net position in CBOT soybean futures and optionsHowever, overall speculators’ soybean net short was preserved through Oct. 10 as other reportable traders were only slight net buyers during the week. That small net short was established in the prior week for the first time since March 2020.

Persons: Gleb Garanich, Wheat, Karen Braun, Deepa Babington Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S ., U.S . Department, Agriculture’s, USDA, U.S . Renewable, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Bilohiria, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Rights NAPERVILLE , Illinois, Chicago

☆ A sneakerhead built a YouTube empire with 1.1 million subscribers. Here's how much he makes a year from ads and sponsorships.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Fowler had around 150,000 YouTube subscribers at that point. The YouTube channel, now with 1.1 million subscribers, brought in about $485,000 in gross revenue from advertising and sponsorship deals last year. But Fowler doesn't just stick to YouTube — his budding business empire also includes sales on the live-shopping platform Whatnot and his own apparel company. The larger portion of Fowler's YouTube revenue comes from ads, which brought in an estimated $292,500 in 2022, Insider verified with documentation of the earnings.

Persons: Seth Fowler, Fowler, Apthcry, he's, YouTubers, it's, time's, I've, Christmastime, sneaker giveaways, Apple, He's, Ye, influencers, Qias Omar, Amber Vittoria Organizations: YouTube, NY, Adidas, Facebook

☆ Fearing China, South Korea targets firms building Taiwan navy submarines
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Ju-Min Park | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +10 min

SI Innotec, which was fined in August 2022, and Park, who received a suspended prison sentence, deny wrongdoing and have appealed. The equipment was not designed solely for military purposes and did not involve sensitive technology, SI Innotec told Reuters. SI Innotec said the contract, at CSBC's request, listed the equipment's primary use as for wind power generation. "The accused were fully aware that the subject equipment would be used to manufacture a military submarine", the court ruled. It was at this point that Seoul's foreign ministry told DAPA it disapproved of the deal, one of them said.

Persons: Tsai Ing, Narwhal, Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Park Mal, sik, China's, DAPA, Moon Jae, Taiwan's, Innotec, SI Innotec, Moo, sik —, —, Yang Hyang, Yang, KHNT's, KHNT, Cho Hyeon Gyu, 1,343.1000, Ben Blanchard, Faith Hung, Tian, Katerina Ang, Josh Smith Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Administration, Keumha Naval Technology, South, Police, Foreign Ministry, Democratic Progressive Party, Indigenous Defense, South Korean, Foreign Trade, SI, Thomson Locations: Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Rights SEOUL, Beijing, Seoul, U.S, China, South Korea, Park, Taipei, Netherlands, Pacific, Beijing . U.S, Changwon, Korea

☆ In the Market-Inside a startup’s struggle in a higher-for-longer world
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Paritosh Bansal | Thomson Reuters | Paritosh Oversees The Work Of More Than Journalists Across The Globe Who Write About Finance | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Marvel, a unit of Walt Disney (DIS.N), initially planned to use Tractiv's software in a post-production process, documents show. They provide rare, sometimes blow-by-blow insight into the hardship facing startups, key drivers of American innovation. In February 2021, Tractiv got a major break when it gave a demonstration of the software to venture capital firms. The next few months Tractiv had a series of conversations with major financial services companies, including banks such as JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N). Several showed interest in Tractiv's software but did not buy it.

Persons: Beresford Hodge, Walt Disney, Drew Orsinger, Tractiv's, they're, Mark Almeida, Tractiv, Orsinger, Hans Morris, Morris, JPMorgan Chase, Jan, Nyca, Nyca's Morris, Paritosh Bansal, Anna Driver Organizations: Walt Disney Studios, REUTERS, Tractiv, Marvel Studios, Marvel, Walt, Disney, Hollywood, Venture, Reuters, SpaceX, CME Group, Honeywell, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Tractiv, headwinds

☆ In the Market: Inside a startup’s struggle in a higher-for-longer world
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Paritosh Bansal | Thomson Reuters | Paritosh Oversees The Work Of More Than Journalists Across The Globe Who Write About Finance | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

A Rite Aid store stands in Brooklyn on August 28, 2023 in New York City. Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey on Sunday and said it would begin restructuring to significantly reduce its debt. Rite Aid also said lenders agreed to provide $3.45 billion in new funding to "provide sufficient liquidity" as it embarks on its restructuring plan. During its most recent quarter ended June 3, revenue fell to $5.6 billion, down from $6.01 billion in the year-ago period. Rite Aid Chairman Bruce Bodaken said in a statement, "Jeff is a proven leader with a strong track record of guiding companies through financial restructurings.

Persons: hasn't, Jeffrey Stein, Elizabeth Burr, Bruce Bodaken, Jeff, Stein Organizations: New York City . Rite Aid, Aid, Rite Locations: Brooklyn, New York City, New Jersey

☆ Goldman Sachs says this global tech stock will soar as 'gaming-as-a-service' takes off
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Ganesh Rao | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Investors seeking exposure to Japan's growing gaming industry should look at technology and entertainment behemoth Sony , according to Goldman Sachs. Goldman expects shares of Sony Group Corporation to rise by 25% to 16,000 yen ($107) over the next 12 months. In addition, Goldman Sachs said there was significant growth potential for Crunchyroll, Sony's anime streaming service based in California, which it acquired in 2017. "Our team estimates that overseas markets will account for 80% of Japanese anime sales by 2036," the bank's report said. As earnings contributions from Crunchyroll and GaaS titles become more apparent starting in fiscal year 2025, Goldman Sachs sees an increase in consensus earnings estimates and valuation multiples.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, FactSet Organizations: Sony, Bungie, Goldman, Sony Group Corporation, New York Stock Exchange, SONY, Microsoft, Activision Blizzard Locations: Tokyo, California

☆ This highly profitable industry is booming as the population ages
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Enteral nutrition is administered through a feeding tube or it can be taken orally. Fresenius owns 32% of Fresenius Medical Center, which saw shares drop on recent news that Ozempic's kidney disease treatment trial showed signs of success. Clinical nutrition is about 20% of group profits and an important subset of its larger specialized nutrition unit, Ackerman said. "Many investors only focus only on their infant formula unit and don't know how big or how profitable clinical nutrition is," he said. "Clinical nutrition is the jewel in Danone's crown and probably the most attractive part of Danone's portfolio, yet is hidden from investors."

Persons: Stefano Natella, — hasn't, Hassan Al, Wakeel, Warren Ackerman, Ackerman, Lindsay Clarke, Enteral, Danone's Nutrison, —, Baxter, Abbott, Sara Hennicken, Fresenius, Nestlé, Mark Schneider, Nestle, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Guggenheim, World Health Organization, WHO, Barclays, Danone, Fresenius, Al, Alliance for Aging Research, Aging, CNBC, Nestle, Companies, — Nestle, Nutrition, Fresenius Medical Locations: German, Paris, China, Swiss, United States, parenteral, Latin America

For many Palestinian Americans, there’s a sense of helplessness and hopelessness as they struggle to hear from loved ones in Gaza. But even before this week, getting to Gaza to visit family for Palestinian Americans was a lengthy, exhausting and difficult experience, and most people who live Gaza can never leave. Unlike Israeli Americans, Palestinian Americans say they have never been afforded the opportunity to freely help their loved ones in times of crisis. Palestinian Americans say they’ve never had the option to do the same. Othman’s extended family lives in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank, but her husband’s family is in Gaza.

Persons: Laila El, Haddad, “ I’m, ” El, Mohammad AbuLughod, Deanna Othman’s, ” Othman, She'd, Abdulla, Okal's, “, Haneen Okal, they’ve, “ It’s, ”, Othman, Nahed Elrayes, Elrayes, ” Elrayes, AbuLughod, Israel —, Amirah AbuLughod, Hani Almadhoun, ” Almadhoun, ” ____ Noreen Nasir Organizations: Israel, Gaza Health Ministry, Associated Press, United Nations, AP, State Department, U.S, Palestinian, West Bank, USA Locations: Columbia , Maryland, El, Gaza, Palestinian, Israel, Milwaukee, AbuLughod, Chicago, Palestinian American, New Jersey, Egypt, Rafah, Maryland, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, New York

☆ Jamie Foxx plays attorney Willie Gary in new movie "The Burial." Ex-clients say the real lawyer is a creep who screwed them out of millions.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

"The Burial" stars Jamie Foxx as real-life lawyer Willie Gary, who won a $500 million case in 1995. Elliott isn't the only ex-client of Willie Gary and his firm, Gary Williams Parenti Watson & Gary, to be angry about how she was treated. Lawyer Willie Gary poses for a selfie with a guest at a screening of "The Burial." Attorney Willie Gary and his client Don King speaking to the press in 2005. She has so far managed to seize $102,000 from an account the Gary firm had with Truist.

Persons: Jamie Foxx, Willie Gary, Gary —, —, Gary, Ernestine Elliott, Ford —, Elliott, Elliott isn't, Gary Williams Parenti Watson, Tommy Lee Jones, Luisa Esposito, Grant Halverson, Willie Gary's, Willie, couldn't, Jeremiah O'Keefe, O'Keefe, Loewen couldn't, Loewen, Gary Parenti, Don King, Jim McIsaac, Ford, schemed, he'd, Gary's cocounsels, Lawrence Fox, Fox, Bruce Green, Green, Gary didn't, Sharron Mangum, Mr, Mangum, Marietta Goodman, Coke, Jillian Nedd, Nedd, Ardria Clark, Tamesha Marshall, Pharr, Clark, Marshall, Ray Rogers, He's, leafleted, Rogers, Willie Lewis, Troy Fulks Jr, Fulks, Lewis, Esposito, she'd, didn't, Justice II, hasn't, Gary's, Debra Sweeting, it's, Sweeting, we're, Variety Organizations: Service, Disney, Nissan, Hollywood, reneging, Gary Parenti Facebook, Anheuser, Busch, Yorker, Group, New Yorker, Fordham, Cola, Coke, FBI, Gary, Florida Bar Association, Palm Beach Post, Florida Power, dimes, Finance Group, Wings, Justice, Boeing, Gary Foundation Locations: Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, New York City, New York, Palm Beach, Flint , Michigan, disbursements

1 corn exporter to Brazil last year when the South American country harvested a breakthrough crop, just months after China gave the green light to Brazilian corn imports. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday maintained 2023-24 Brazilian corn production at 129 million metric tons, identical to the initial May projection. Conab predicts Brazil’s second corn harvest, which supplies the country's exports, could fall nearly 11% on the year to 91.2 million tons. China, like the United States, is winding down its 2023-24 corn harvest. On an October-September basis, USDA sees 2023-24 Brazilian corn exports at 59 million tons versus 53.7 million in 2022-23, and U.S. shipments are pegged at 52.5 million tons in 2023-24 versus 43 million in 2022-23.

Persons: Farmer Roger Hadley, John Deere, Bing Guan, Conab, Brazil Karen Braun, Karen Braun, Matthew Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, United, U.S . Department of Agriculture, El, USDA, U.S, USA, Brazil, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Woodburn , Indiana, U.S, Rights NAPERVILLE , Illinois, United States, Brazil, China, USDA, Northern, Southern, Mexico, Japan

☆ Biden speaks with families of Americans unaccounted for in Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden on Friday spoke with the families of the Americans who remain unaccounted for in Israel after promising to speak with family members of those who are held hostage by Hamas. The family members joined Biden from both Israel and the US for the video call, a source familiar with the conversation told CNN. It made for a large gathering, as multiple family members joined from different locations in some cases. We are confident that we are in good hands,” she said on “The Situation Room.”Cohen noted that she has many other family members unaccounted for. The US is in “direct communication” with Israeli counterparts and the families, Kirby told CNN’s Poppy Harlow on Friday morning.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, “, ”, John Kirby, Biden “, Roger Carstens, Kirby, ” Kirby, Saray Cohen, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, ” Cohen, CBS ’ Scott Pelley, ” Biden, White, CNN’s Poppy Harlow, Antony Blinken Organizations: Washington CNN, National Security, Biden, CNN, CBS, FBI, Pentagon Locations: Israel, Philadelphia, United States, America, Gaza, Qatar, Afghanistan, Iraq

☆ Dutch prosecutor fines four companies that helped Russia build Crimea bridge
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A boat sails next to the Crimean bridge connecting the Russian mainland with the peninsula across the Kerch Strait, Crimea, July 17, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsAMSTERDAM, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The Dutch prosecutor has penalised four Dutch companies and eight people for breaching EU sanctions on Russia between 2014 and 2017 for helping Moscow build a bridge to Crimea, it said in a statement on Friday. The eight people were sentenced to community service ranging from 20 to 60 hours while the companies paid fines totalling 160,000 euros ($169,000). "The Crimean bridge was built partly due to the use of Dutch knowledge and expertise," it added. The prosecutors' office did not name the companies involved.

Persons: Stringer, Charlotte Van Campenhout, David Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Kerch, Crimea, Russia, Moscow

☆ How the tech sector in Israel is navigating the war
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

London CNN —Israel’s vast tech sector has seen its fair share of crises, from financial downturns and the Covid-19 pandemic to periodic flare-ups in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “This is different than anything we’ve faced before,” said Avi Hasson, the CEO of Start-Up Nation Central (SNC), a non-profit that promotes Israel’s tech industry globally. “Seasoned investors with experience backing Israeli startups are not backing away due to the war,” said Samid of TechAviv. For many in Israel’s tech industry, the devastating circumstances have only served to underscore the sector’s famed resilience. “Israeli [tech] hasn’t stopped,” Hasson noted.

Persons: we’ve, ”, Avi Hasson, wasn’t, Leah Walters, Monday.com, Rafael Henrique, Yaron Samid, Jensen Huang, Jon Medved, “, Hillel Fuld, it’s, hasn’t, ” Hasson Organizations: London CNN, Hamas, Nation Central, CNN, Tech, SNC, Nasdaq, Tel, Nvidia, Israel Innovation Authority, ” Tech, Microsoft, Google Locations: Israel, Tel Aviv, “, Israeli

☆ 'Take me out': Demand for private jet flights out of Israel surges
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Emma Farge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GENEVA, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Demand for charter flights including private jets costing up to $50,000 a trip is mounting as people rush to get out of Israel, the CEO of Switzerland-based LunaJets told Reuters on Friday. Deadly attacks on Israel by Hamas militants have been followed by Israeli retaliatory bombardment on Gaza and a build-up of tanks around its border. Some governments such as the United States, France and Germany are evacuating citizens by charter flights but some planes are full and others have been cancelled as airlines wrestle with the risks. Eymeric Segard, CEO and founder of private jet broker LunaJets, told Reuters. "We have this expertise and that's what's helping us to make these flights happen and happen quickly," Segard said.

Persons: LunaJets, It's, what's, Segard, Emma Farge, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Reuters, Luna Group, Thomson Locations: GENEVA, Israel, Switzerland, Gaza, United States, France, Germany, Europe, Geneva, Tel Aviv, Paris, Dubai, Amman, Jordan, Beirut, Lebanon, Afghanistan

☆ How a sneakerhead built a YouTube empire with over a million subscribers and $485,000 in annual revenue from ads and sponsorships
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Margaret Fleming | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

☆ How Hamas secretly built a 'mini-army' to fight Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Samia Nakhoul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

[1/2] Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a rally marking the 31st anniversary of Hamas' founding, in Gaza City December 16, 2018. In the 2008 Gaza war, Hamas rockets had a maximum range of 40 km (25 miles), but that had risen to 230 km by the 2021 conflict, he added. For Iran, Hamas has helped it realise a years-long ambition to encircle Israel with legions of paramilitaries, including other Palestinian factions and Lebanon's Hezbollah, according to Western officials. After Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, Hamas began importing rockets, explosives and other equipment from Iran, Western intelligence sources have said. Iran seized the opportunity to co-opt Hamas in 1992 when Israel deported about 400 Hamas leaders to Lebanon, the source close to Hamas said.

Persons: Abu Mustafa, Ali Baraka, Baraka, Israel, Gazans, Ismail Haniyeh, SHEIKH YASSIN, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, It's, Jonathan Saul, John O'Donnell, William Maclean, Pravin Organizations: REUTERS, Israel, Hamas, Britain's Royal United Services Institute, Jewish Institute for National Security of, European Union, Al Jazeera, U.S . State Department, Front, Liberation of Palestine, General Command, Brotherhood, Hezbollah, U.S, Thomson Locations: Gaza City, DUBAI, Gaza, Iran, Israel, Iranian, Lebanon, Jihad, U.S, United States, Canada, Egypt, Japan, Qatar, Tehran, Syria, Sudan, Iraq, Yemen, Islam, Damascus, Lebanese, Al Aqsa, Britain, London

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